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they want to stop laying off hard-working defense workers and homeland security workers, hard-working department of education workers that are trying to help this country be better. they want us to reduce the deficit. that is a good thing. they want us to create jobs and be fair to the middle class. i coom from texas. one of the worst disasters to occur was in west texas. the tragedy and the devastation of the loss of our fellow americans in an explosion that should not have happened. what was the cry? what was the federal government doing? what was the regulatory scheme in order to prevent whatever ignited that terrible tragedy to see the loss of first responders, the federal government is an umbrellas on a rainy day. fix the problems of regulation one by one. if there is one that is undermining small businesses, we are happy to do the disapproval process and you can be assured that the american people will cry out. but i can tell you there is no proof, no legitimacy, but no documentation, no stories of i hate the federal government. i don't hate the federal government. i pledge alle
they want to stop laying off hard-working defense workers and homeland security workers, hard-working department of education workers that are trying to help this country be better. they want us to reduce the deficit. that is a good thing. they want us to create jobs and be fair to the middle class. i coom from texas. one of the worst disasters to occur was in west texas. the tragedy and the devastation of the loss of our fellow americans in an explosion that should not have happened. what was...
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it is this close bond of family life that must be our greatest defense against the unknown." chilling words as it describes whatever terrors lie in wait for us. thankfully, it never came to be. her majesty may never even have read it. now a silent testament to history. another strange story out here today, the palace footmen who placed the royal birth announcement in that guilded ea easel out here last night was deported. the government refused to renew his work visa. started out in a calcutta orphanage, earned a scholarship and a college degree here. this morning he finds himself back in calcutta in a two-room house with nine of his relatives. even when the queen is your boss, it doesn't necessarily help your visa situation. back to you guys. >> michelle kosinski at buckingham palace. michelle, thanks very much. let's go over to savannah. >>> now part two of our series how not to be awkward. this morning close encounters with strangers. there's no doubt about it, being crammed with a crowd of random people isn't that fun. up high, down low, or simply in between, it's not alw
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so if senator paul wants to look at where he should cut spending for defense, maybe he should look at cutting the pork barrel spending that he gets for kentucky, at 1.51, and not look at new jersey, where we get 61 for every dollar. >> it is 77 cents, 1.51 for kentucky. but the problem for chris christie there is how does he take that problem on the road for the early primary states, who all profit from the federal government? and as of yesterday it looks like this fight was going to go on perhaps all the way to the presidential campaign trail, because rand paul shot back to chris christie about federal spending in their states. >> we have two military bases in kentucky. and is governor chris christie recommending that we shut down our military bases? >> the relentlessly uninformed rand paul actually believed it was kentucky's two military bases that allowed it to turn a profit in its relationship with the federal government. rand paul clearly had no idea that new jersey has eight military bases and even with four times the military bases that kentucky has, new jersey still loses mone
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it is a moment that has secretary of defense hagel and the international community an opportunity to re-engage with concern, most importantly the capacity to develop and launch a nuclear weapon. this may be a very small window of opportunity for a fresh start on dialogue and action on the future of a nuclear iran. it may be short lived depending on how iran's new president views this moment, but it is a time when i for one want to support the white house, the state department and the pentagon's ability to move forward our relationship and dialogue with iran on this most serious matter. it is not the moment for congress to increase and expand the level of u.s. sanctions against iran. we have plenty of sanctions right now against iran. if for some reason we need to increase even further the pressure against iran and its new president, then we have the time to do so. it does not need to be done before the new eye rain yab president even -- iranian president even takes office. we have time to weigh his sincerity and more importantly his actions with the international community in the wee
it is a moment that has secretary of defense hagel and the international community an opportunity to re-engage with concern, most importantly the capacity to develop and launch a nuclear weapon. this may be a very small window of opportunity for a fresh start on dialogue and action on the future of a nuclear iran. it may be short lived depending on how iran's new president views this moment, but it is a time when i for one want to support the white house, the state department and the pentagon's...
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notice. 30 days' written notice of the charges against them, give them the 30 days to put together a defense, or to offer their version of the facts, that's all that was required. and then we could have fired them. or put them on administrative leave without pay. that was in the discretion of g.s.a. so when g.s.a. tells mr. kelly they can't do anything, there's plenty they could do. they could have taken both those employees, put them on administrative leave without pay, talk about protecting the taxpayer, i'm for that, they had the power to do that in these cases. they could have taken both those employees under current law with due process in place, put them both on administrative leave without pay, and we could have protected the taxpayer. that was a discretion on the part of the administration and the folks that made the decision in that place. it was not the fault of the law. but interestingly enough it also protected us to have the second version of the facts put forward to bring more light -- mr. cummings: i'm going to allow mr. lynch to close in the 45 seconds we have left. mr. lynch
notice. 30 days' written notice of the charges against them, give them the 30 days to put together a defense, or to offer their version of the facts, that's all that was required. and then we could have fired them. or put them on administrative leave without pay. that was in the discretion of g.s.a. so when g.s.a. tells mr. kelly they can't do anything, there's plenty they could do. they could have taken both those employees, put them on administrative leave without pay, talk about protecting...
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he wants to be this great champion of national defense. what does he want to do? shut down military bases in kentucky? what this debate really is about is that in order to have enough money for national defense -- which i think is a priority for the government -- you have to be willing to cut spending in other places. >>steve: who's right on this? and is this debate good for the republican party? let's talk to our republican strategist brad todd. good morning. what did you make of that give-and-take? you're the king of bacon. no, you're the king of bacon! >> i halfway expect at any moment we're going to hear more schoolyard talk than i hear from a three and four-year-old at a preschool. it's did not, did too. i think in the end it is a good debate for the republican party to have in the open. it would be worse for it to fester in the back room. >>steve: it started a couple of days ago where chris christie who apparently is okay with an n.s.a. spying program talked a little bit about how there is this strain of libertarianism going through both parties right now ma
he wants to be this great champion of national defense. what does he want to do? shut down military bases in kentucky? what this debate really is about is that in order to have enough money for national defense -- which i think is a priority for the government -- you have to be willing to cut spending in other places. >>steve: who's right on this? and is this debate good for the republican party? let's talk to our republican strategist brad todd. good morning. what did you make of that...
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defense. what will we do with defense? was 25 or 26% of the budget when i started. it is now 18%. was 12% of the budget and -- it is 2425% of the budget 24-25% of the budget. it is a growing part of the healthcare isybe a value. it is not just a numbers game. society want to do with the resources available. -- available? this is a good value for the society. >> what happens next? where we go from here? what do you think congress doesn't the next round that they face -- dollars with the next round that they are about to with the next round that they are about to face? >> they have a difficult decision. if you look at the wall street saw an poll, you explosion of anger towards the congress. ratings of the republican majority in the house in particular. said, do you think the republicans are being too inflexible? 56% said yes. republicans, a third said they were too flexible. you have a speaker who is dealing with a difficult and diverse my geordie -- majority of the party. the base is thinking that he has .one too far he needs to do and stick by it. there is a sentiment in the publi
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in both instances, they said the police were acting in self- defense. what is your assessment of these claims, and are these killing doing anything to turn public opinion? >> the first one was by the army out cited the republican guard headquarters. they and called themselves of any responsibility. the second one was by police outside of the sit-ins. they deny any responsibility for these attacks. some morsiave been supporters firing birdshot, some video evidence of that, but by and large, these amounted to an excessive use of force by security forces. these are some of the bloodiest days we have seen in egypt. unfortunately, there has been little sympathy among large walks of the populace for this crackdown. at least those opposed to morsi before june 30, there has been a vicious media campaign painting the muslim brotherhood as a terrorist organization, using this language of a war on terror. been a lot of army were shipped, a cult personality behind him. he asked for a mandate calling upon people to go to the streets and to give a mandate to confront
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"the washington post" is reporting that attorney general holder he hopes that his legacy is a defense of civil rights. but my question for you, ma'am, is will it be congress's legacy, as well? >> well, i certainly hope it's congress's legacy. i have to tell you after the supreme court came back with the decision against voting rights, you know, talking to some of my colleagues that have been in congress for a long time, they're encouraged we can do a fix here that would be bipartisan as a new member of congress only here three years, it's hard for me to imagine that, but i will continue to be hopeful and i think you know under john connyers can' leadership, we will be able to get the job done. >> i know the british are generally regarded as more responsive towards the notion of irony. doesn't it seem ironic to you that the supreme court decides knock down sections of the voting rights act and within a matter of weeks, this north carolina governor signs a bill that introduces the most severe oppressive you know kind of ideas proposals that will suppress the vote? >> well, i guess now h
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there's cheryl, the president director council of the naacp, legal defense and educational fund. barbara who is executive director and president of the lawyers committee, the civil rights under law. which by the way is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year having been founded by president kennedy in response to violence against those who sought to register voters in the past. tom, who is president of the mexican american legal defense and educational fund, bringing more lawsuits in the area of voting rights than almost any other latino organization and particularly focused in texas right now. laura, who represents the american civil liberties union, washington national office, who reminded all of us about the important work that the aclu is doing, bringing over 300 voting rights cases currently. ere's rosalyn brock, chairperson of the naacp, the nation's oldest and largest civil human rights organization. there are state lenl slators, 'm sorry, there's margaret fung. we have state legislators from texas, from alabama, from georgia, from florida. this is really a broad and di
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, according to the defense, that he was trying to reveal abuses and crimes actually committed by the u.s. military in the wars in both iraq and afghanistan. legal experts say the prosecution may have a hard time proving aiding the enemy in this case because you have to prove intent and although some of these documents ended up in the hands of former al qaeda leader osama bin laden no evidence whatsoever, none presented during the trial, that bradley manning knew that those documents would end up in his hands. in fact, one legal expert, military legal expert told us the only case he remembers was back in the civil war where a union soldier was charged with aiding the enemy when he leaked the position of union troops to a newspaper in alexandria, virginia. >>> all workers have been accounted for after explosions rocked a propane plant in florida overnight. eight people taken to the hospital and no word on what ignited the explosions. >>> a woman arrested in connection with vandalism at the national cathedral in washington. she splattered stuff through chaples yesterday. they found the
, according to the defense, that he was trying to reveal abuses and crimes actually committed by the u.s. military in the wars in both iraq and afghanistan. legal experts say the prosecution may have a hard time proving aiding the enemy in this case because you have to prove intent and although some of these documents ended up in the hands of former al qaeda leader osama bin laden no evidence whatsoever, none presented during the trial, that bradley manning knew that those documents would end...
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there's attacks against corporations and attacks against the defense department. but in this case, to try to take down the central services cyberterrorism that would disrupt electricity or water distribution or any number of other things that would be devastating to our country. >> these are on the level of success which is out there and related to what happened in r n iran. how do you change what is happening there? do you need something cataclysmic to release the polarity that is happening there in the beltway? >> it is the strangest thing in the world. i served 30 years in the congress. i've told everybody that the people i served with, men and women, republicans, democrats, are the finest people i've ever met. i mean, smart, thoughtful, care about their country, love america. and, yet, when they come together in the institution s s these days in their caucuses it doesn't work. the notion these day is compromise is a four-letter word so don't you dare compromise. the lubrication of democracy is having two people to feel differently and compromise. >> what is it
there's attacks against corporations and attacks against the defense department. but in this case, to try to take down the central services cyberterrorism that would disrupt electricity or water distribution or any number of other things that would be devastating to our country. >> these are on the level of success which is out there and related to what happened in r n iran. how do you change what is happening there? do you need something cataclysmic to release the polarity that is...
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criminal defense attorney, former prosecutor and retired u.s. army jag, culley stimson is a senior legal fellow with the heritage foundation. good morning to both of you. steve, i want to start with you. the most serious ruling could come down to life in prison. which way does this judge go in manning's case? >> well, it looks like she's going to have to go the way of evidence or the lack of evidence. in this particular case on this particular charge, it is a life sentence that is attached to it, and there's a reason for that, because it is an extremely serious charge. and they must show, the prosecution must show that he had actual knowledge that this information that he disseminated through wikileaks would end up in the hands of the enemy. bill: have they proven that? >> i do not believe they have. bill: really? >> based on the evidence that's been reported, there's not been sufficient actual knowledge shown. again, this is not a recklessness standard. and you also had to have the intent that the information would harm the united states. and,
criminal defense attorney, former prosecutor and retired u.s. army jag, culley stimson is a senior legal fellow with the heritage foundation. good morning to both of you. steve, i want to start with you. the most serious ruling could come down to life in prison. which way does this judge go in manning's case? >> well, it looks like she's going to have to go the way of evidence or the lack of evidence. in this particular case on this particular charge, it is a life sentence that is...
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defense attorneys called the 25-year-old intelligence analyst, a humanist, concerned about abuses in iraq. here's what he told the judge -- >> but prosecutors say he's a traitor, whether or not he intended to aid the enemy. some of the 700,000 documents manning gave to wikileaks were found when navy s.e.a.l.s raided osama bin laden's compound. >> i think it theoretically could have hurt soldiers it could have gotten people killed. i don't know that it did. but it certainly is something we would want to guard against as a military. >> there's been no evidence of harm caused by these leaks. the government is saying the sky is falling, the sky is falling. but the fact is, the sky not falling. >> manning's supporters say the judge's ruling could have a chilling effect on whistleblowers and journalists. >> if they put something on the internet, the government can turn around and say, if the government doesn't like it, that putting the act of putting it on the internet is an act of aiding al qaeda. >> manning faces anywhere from 20 years to life in a military prison. months in court, just
defense attorneys called the 25-year-old intelligence analyst, a humanist, concerned about abuses in iraq. here's what he told the judge -- >> but prosecutors say he's a traitor, whether or not he intended to aid the enemy. some of the 700,000 documents manning gave to wikileaks were found when navy s.e.a.l.s raided osama bin laden's compound. >> i think it theoretically could have hurt soldiers it could have gotten people killed. i don't know that it did. but it certainly is...
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one of the defense attorneys added, "you can't pick or choose who's going to benefit from a law." advocates of stand your ground tend to argue the law increases public safety, but when the courts are saying it creates a wild west, acknowledging that fact as they set killers free, it's hard to take the notion of public safety seriously. the verdict in the george zimmerman trial two weeks ago might be the most high-profile example of stand your ground's unintended consequences, but it is just one of many in the eight years since then-governor jeb bush signed stand your ground into law. 13 days ago in the wake of the zimmerman verdict, a group of protesters marched into the florida state capitol, to the reception area outside governor rick scott's office. the latest sheriff of florida's wild west and those prosecutors haven't left -- and those protesters haven't left since. first they said they wanted to meet with the governor, and it actually happened. after a few days of staying away from his office, governor scott held a meeting with a protester. the group, which calls itself the
one of the defense attorneys added, "you can't pick or choose who's going to benefit from a law." advocates of stand your ground tend to argue the law increases public safety, but when the courts are saying it creates a wild west, acknowledging that fact as they set killers free, it's hard to take the notion of public safety seriously. the verdict in the george zimmerman trial two weeks ago might be the most high-profile example of stand your ground's unintended consequences, but it...
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the people who are bankrupting the government and not letting enough money be left over for national defense. >> people have stopped being polite and started getting real in the republican party. that was senator rand paul, tea party hero of kentucky, and likely presidential candidate, going hard at the gop's neocon wing and throwing in a jab on disaster relief for good measure. paul was responding primarily to comments made by new jersey governor chris christie seen by many as one of paul's chief potential rivals for the 2016 republican nomination. chris christie criticized the party's libertarian shift on matters of national security at a recent panel discussion in colorado. >> this strain of libertarianism that's going through both parties right now and making big headlines, i think, is a very dangerous thought. >> christie took that shot in the wake of the house's vote to defund nsa bulk collection of phone records which failed by a narrow margin. christie's attempt to stamp out a growing fire of skepticism among the republican base toward everything from mass surveillance to foreign war
the people who are bankrupting the government and not letting enough money be left over for national defense. >> people have stopped being polite and started getting real in the republican party. that was senator rand paul, tea party hero of kentucky, and likely presidential candidate, going hard at the gop's neocon wing and throwing in a jab on disaster relief for good measure. paul was responding primarily to comments made by new jersey governor chris christie seen by many as one of...
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so he will probably use a different line of defense against rand paul's gimme gimme gimme nonsense. joining me now, steve mcmahon, veteran democratic strategist and co-founder of purple strategies. steve, who are you betting on in this fight? >> i love it. i hope they go and they fight to a draw and they fight a very long time, 15 rounds. >> listen, i think rand paul has taken on something pretty big when he tries to fight with chris christie on this kind of thing within the republican party. >> yes. >> his father got exactly 8% of the delegates -- >> that's right. >> -- last time using the paul family vision of foreign policy and national security in the republican primaries. >> and these attacks are most effective when they reinforce an underlying suspicion, which is why the attack on paul for being kind of out of step with republicans on national security issues is effective. but so is the attack on christie for being a big spender from a blue state. it's going to be great to watch this thing play out. it's going to be interesting and fun for democrats. >> well, i don't think ran
so he will probably use a different line of defense against rand paul's gimme gimme gimme nonsense. joining me now, steve mcmahon, veteran democratic strategist and co-founder of purple strategies. steve, who are you betting on in this fight? >> i love it. i hope they go and they fight to a draw and they fight a very long time, 15 rounds. >> listen, i think rand paul has taken on something pretty big when he tries to fight with chris christie on this kind of thing within the...
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plus, will the accused mob boss, whitey bulger, take the stand in his own defense? he is accused of playing a part in 19 murders. while running a notorious boston gang. and, later, becoming one of the nation's most high fro file fugitives. tonight, a look at the strategy for defending whitey bulger. a bus packed with teenagers was headed back from church camp, just a mile from home when this happened. >> came from my left. hit the concrete median and flipped. >> shepard: a pastor and killed. tonight, remembering the dead, comforting the survivors and trying to figure out what caused this crash. plus, he reportedly stole more than $100 million in diamond jewelry. and he did it in a room full of people without firing a single shot. tonight, the masked man who made off with a fortune. but, first from fox this monday night, defending a notorious mobster accused of murder, over and over again. lawyers for whitey bulger began calling witnesses today and now we're waiting to hear whether whitey bulger himself will testify in his own defense. the charges against him, as i m
plus, will the accused mob boss, whitey bulger, take the stand in his own defense? he is accused of playing a part in 19 murders. while running a notorious boston gang. and, later, becoming one of the nation's most high fro file fugitives. tonight, a look at the strategy for defending whitey bulger. a bus packed with teenagers was headed back from church camp, just a mile from home when this happened. >> came from my left. hit the concrete median and flipped. >> shepard: a pastor...
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we are a party of national defense. >> michael: nsa surveillance has become a key issue in the ongoing role that has em-boldened libertarians and tea partiers alike. >> this strain of libertarianism that is going through both parties right now, and making big headlines, i think is a very dangerous thought. these intellectual debates, i want them to come to new jersey and sit across from the widows and orphans and have that conversation, and -- and they won't, because that's a much tougher conversation to have. >> michael: both parties? it's going through both parties? really. he joined king in calling out rand paul. he said his views put the country at risk of future terrorist attacks. to which paul responded . . . yes, heaven forbid senator paul that we waste time and money help those who lost everything in a natural disaster. i don't like to agree with any republicans, but in this case chris christie is definitely the lesser of these two evils. joining us from d.c. is friend of "the war room," friend of mine, bill press of current tv's own "full court press." great to have you here a
we are a party of national defense. >> michael: nsa surveillance has become a key issue in the ongoing role that has em-boldened libertarians and tea partiers alike. >> this strain of libertarianism that is going through both parties right now, and making big headlines, i think is a very dangerous thought. these intellectual debates, i want them to come to new jersey and sit across from the widows and orphans and have that conversation, and -- and they won't, because that's a much...
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however, in his defense, governor mccrory may not be entirely aware of this because as he admitted on friday, he still hasn't read some portions of the bill. and lest you have any doubts things have not changed as much as the chief justice would have you believe, look no further than one weekend commentator explaining what he believes is the real reason for detroit's bankruptcy. >> you have 3% fourth graders reading at the national math standards. 47% of detroit residents are functionally illiterate. 79% of detroit children are born to unmarried mothers. they don't have a physical problem, they have a cultural collapse. >> the more things change, the more they stay the same. i'm joined now by goldie taylor and professor james peterson, director of africanen studies at lehigh university. professor peterson, let's begin with these two bills. was this not precisely what ruth bader ginsberg feared when he she wrote last month a governing political coalition has an incentive to prevent changes in the existing balance of voting power? >> that is exactly right. and people should read her opi
however, in his defense, governor mccrory may not be entirely aware of this because as he admitted on friday, he still hasn't read some portions of the bill. and lest you have any doubts things have not changed as much as the chief justice would have you believe, look no further than one weekend commentator explaining what he believes is the real reason for detroit's bankruptcy. >> you have 3% fourth graders reading at the national math standards. 47% of detroit residents are functionally...
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his defense team is presenting his defense today. will he testify? let's bring in our legal panel, glenda, i want to start with you here. as we said, the two big questions here are, will bulger testify and should he testify? >> well, i'll tell you, the golden rule typically is that you don't put a defendant on the established unless you're going to talk about it. he may have some things that he wants to tell but typically they don't take the stand. it will be very interesting if he does. >> terry, typically defense attorneys don't want their client to take the stand but you heard glenda say, if whitey bulger wants to talk and what do you do? >> you have to let the client take the stand, if you choose to. he can advise his client not to take the stand but if they choose to, they are going to. as far as controlling what your client says, you can limit the type of questions that you ask your client and control them more on cross-examination but if they want to take the stand and tell their story, that's their absolute right. this is a case where he very
his defense team is presenting his defense today. will he testify? let's bring in our legal panel, glenda, i want to start with you here. as we said, the two big questions here are, will bulger testify and should he testify? >> well, i'll tell you, the golden rule typically is that you don't put a defendant on the established unless you're going to talk about it. he may have some things that he wants to tell but typically they don't take the stand. it will be very interesting if he does....
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i think what the defense is going to do is, essentially, tell whitey bulger's story through their defense witnesses. so i don't think there's any chance this case will be in the bag by be the end of the week. jon: even a reputed mobster has his reputation to protect. ashley, dan, thank you both. >> thank you. jenna: what is happening with america's favorite pastime? some new fallout from the big scandal rocking baseball. a-rod is reportedly facing a possible suspension, even a lifetime ban from the game for his alleged involvement with performance-enhancing drugs. what this means for the league overall and all those players that your kids watch every day. >>> plus, what prompted this? jenna: turning out the new fallout in the steroids scandal rocking major-league baseball. there are now reports new york yankees slugger alex rodriguez must choose between his suspension until the end of next season or a possible lifetime ban from the game. part of a larger performance-enhancing drugs scandal involving biogenesis reportedly involved at least a dozen major-league players in giving them things
i think what the defense is going to do is, essentially, tell whitey bulger's story through their defense witnesses. so i don't think there's any chance this case will be in the bag by be the end of the week. jon: even a reputed mobster has his reputation to protect. ashley, dan, thank you both. >> thank you. jenna: what is happening with america's favorite pastime? some new fallout from the big scandal rocking baseball. a-rod is reportedly facing a possible suspension, even a lifetime...
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congress can not steal from domestic priorities to fix problems that across the board cuts caused in defense. bill: wow. peter doocy live on the north lawn of the white house. peter, good morning to you. why is the position so firmly against any cuts in the budget? >> reporter: because, bill, as the treasury secretary explained this weekend, the administration feels they have already done more than enough lately to get the debt under control. >> if you look at the amount of deficit reduction we're doing, we were just criticized by the imf for doing too much too soon, do more later and less now. in the international community i came back from meeting with finance ministers around the world. there is i think a consensus in the world community we to focus on growth. you can not just cut your way to growth. >> reporter: technically, actually already hit the debt limit back in may. the treasury secretary says the government has been using extraordinary measures to pay the bills since then. today the government really runs out of money, bill, sent 30th, got it. pushing towards 17 trillion. can't w
congress can not steal from domestic priorities to fix problems that across the board cuts caused in defense. bill: wow. peter doocy live on the north lawn of the white house. peter, good morning to you. why is the position so firmly against any cuts in the budget? >> reporter: because, bill, as the treasury secretary explained this weekend, the administration feels they have already done more than enough lately to get the debt under control. >> if you look at the amount of deficit...
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once in command of the army of the potomac he saw his task as purely defensive. shadow lee's army as it moved in its great swept off into pennsylvania, but keep between the rebels and washington and the river. i can only say now that it appears to me i must move toward the river, meade road, keeping washington and baltimore well covered. only if the enemy is checked in his attempt to cross for our deterrence towards baltimore would meade try to give them battle. once lee's army turned away from the trannineteen concentrate on gettysburg care to consider his work done and his first impulse thereafter was to pull his own army back, dig it in behind pipe creek 25 miles to the southeast, and thus keep a shield in place between the confederates and the capital. he was not inclined to go hunting for a high noon encounter with robert e. lee. having thus relieve harrisburg at philadelphia, meade concluded, it was now time to look to his own army and assume positions for offenses or defenses as occasion required, or rest to the troops. and that meant the collecting of our
once in command of the army of the potomac he saw his task as purely defensive. shadow lee's army as it moved in its great swept off into pennsylvania, but keep between the rebels and washington and the river. i can only say now that it appears to me i must move toward the river, meade road, keeping washington and baltimore well covered. only if the enemy is checked in his attempt to cross for our deterrence towards baltimore would meade try to give them battle. once lee's army turned away from...
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defense attorneys are expected to call more than a dozen witnesses and, if vindicated, bulger himself could also take the stand. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >>> there was a surprise appearance by a special guest in her hometown last night. amanda berry, one of three women held captive for ten years, waved to the cheering crowd at the rover fest concert in cleveland. it was berry's first public appearance since escaping captivity and one day after her kidnapper ariel castro, was sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years. >>> and this program note, ariel castro's son anthony will be interviewed on "today" tomorrow morning. >>> when nbc "nightly news" continues on this sunday evening, the crackdown on the cruise ship industry. you may be surprised at what's really going on. >>> a look back to the summer of '63 with president john f. kennedy. >>> to troubled waters of the cruise ship industry where consumer confidence has dropped 12% in the last year, a year filled with fires, accidents and health threats finally forcing lawmakers to try to hold them better accountable.
defense attorneys are expected to call more than a dozen witnesses and, if vindicated, bulger himself could also take the stand. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >>> there was a surprise appearance by a special guest in her hometown last night. amanda berry, one of three women held captive for ten years, waved to the cheering crowd at the rover fest concert in cleveland. it was berry's first public appearance since escaping captivity and one day after her kidnapper ariel castro,...
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it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> despite the headlines lately, i bring you proof not all spousal behavior is bad. hunter mahan is in the green shirt about to tee off. that phone call you see him getting was news his wife candy was in labor. guess what? he bolted to be with her. daughter zoe olivia was born this morning. he left a tournament that paid $1 million to the winner. very nice. >>> at the nascar brick yard, 400 today. we spell redemption r-y-a-n. ryan newman took the checkered flag today. the redemption newman's win comes a couple of weeks after he found out he is being bounced from the stuart-haass racing team after this season. tony stuart finished fourth today. i'm getting newman won't have trouble finding a ride next year. >>> new york yankees' captain derek jeter returned from his quad injury today. it didn't take long to make an impact. jeter homered on the first pitch he saw from tampa lefty matt moore. jeter's heroics helped new york avoid a sweep. the yanks edged tampa bay rays 6
it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> despite the headlines lately, i bring you proof not all spousal behavior is bad. hunter mahan is in the green shirt about to tee off. that phone call you see him getting was news his wife candy was in labor. guess what? he bolted to be with her. daughter zoe olivia was born this morning. he left a tournament that paid $1 million to the winner. very nice....
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it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> now to the that is car brick yard 400. you think this was just a race? you should think again. this redemption weekend for ryan newman at the brickyard 400. yesterday, newman took the pole position for today's race. look at them. so excited. today he took the whole enchilada. this after learning earlier this month that tony stewart is booting him from the racing team next year. and by the way, stewart finished fourth. way to stick it to the man, huh? congratulations to him. >>> nascar's about as american as apple pie but amid the tailgating and the roaring engines this weekend, there was to be an unlikely sight. a pro-pot ad to be shown dozens of times on a giant screen just outside the indianapolis racetrack. but just as the weekend was kicking off, the company who owns the jumbotron pulled the ad after complaints of anti-drug groups. >> if you enjoy a good beer, there's a similar product. one without all the calories and serious health problems. less toxic so it
it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> now to the that is car brick yard 400. you think this was just a race? you should think again. this redemption weekend for ryan newman at the brickyard 400. yesterday, newman took the pole position for today's race. look at them. so excited. today he took the whole enchilada. this after learning earlier this month that tony stewart is booting him from the racing...
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i do have to say that. >> don't you find you're defensive. i feel like i'm a defensive driver in philadelphia because i'm aware of -- i'm aware of morons on the road, right? >> well, everybody's else fault, never clayton's. >> never my fault. >> doug from pennsylvania says this, i call b.s. on worst drivers, it's got to be new york city and new jersey. >> new jersey might be a good thought. >> jersey, i'm going with that too. >> bill writes, no doubt, albany, georgia, hardly anyone will stop at a red light if they think they can beat it. i think he's from albany, georgia. >> florida has the worst drivers during season when drivers from all corners of the world converge on florida. especially naples, i think. >> and dale says it's baton rouge, louisiana, that's the worst. worst driving cities, what do you think? >> worst driving cities? >> boston. we got a vote for boston. >> good one. >> pittsburgh? yeah, pittsburgh back there too. >> you would think new york is terrible. but none of us see the cabbies crash, they just honk their horns a lot.
i do have to say that. >> don't you find you're defensive. i feel like i'm a defensive driver in philadelphia because i'm aware of -- i'm aware of morons on the road, right? >> well, everybody's else fault, never clayton's. >> never my fault. >> doug from pennsylvania says this, i call b.s. on worst drivers, it's got to be new york city and new jersey. >> new jersey might be a good thought. >> jersey, i'm going with that too. >> bill writes, no doubt,...
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but the real power in this country at the moment is with the defense minister abd abdullfattah assisi. if they can manage to get the transition going. get a new constitution, schedule parliamentary and presidential elections. many analysts that i've spoken to are optimistic that egypt can get back on track again. but this is a very difficult moment because you have the supporters of deposed president and the muslim brotherhood are now very much in the political wilderness. there's very little in the way of any attempts to bring them back into the political process. and even though they may be unpopular at the moment, for decades, they have been a significant player in the egyptian politics. so if they can get the transition moving again. and somehow bring elements of the muslim brotherhood back in, this could be, indeed, a reset. a restarting point for the egyptian revolution. but it's very risky at the moment. >> absolutely very risky. and it's so unstable there and it's so important to have stability in the region and we definitely do not have that, especially where you are right no
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it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> all right. welcome back @donlemoncnn, i'm getting a lot of people that agree with me and some that don't. it doesn't matter to me, it needed to be said. chicago congresswoman is here with us along with the rest of my panel. thank you for joining us. i appreciate you coming in here on a saturday. >> thanks for having us. >> thank you. i'll start with you, congresswoman, did you take issue -- >> okay. >> -- anything i said or do you think those are tough words that people need to hear? >> i mean, i think it's depending -- there's some people that fit what you're saying but also we tend to -- i told you i felt like it was a little harsh because we tend to talk about black-on-black crime but if you look at the percentages, there's white-on-white crime. if you look at the mass murders, those are mostly whites. white males that have killed in a massive way. >> but african-american, young african-american men, commit more crime than any other age group, any other ethnicit
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it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> since trayvon martin was shot and killed last year, a lot of focus has been placed on what we, as a society, can and should do to help save black men and boys in our communities. this week, congress got involved, inviting martin's father, tracy, to speak at the first-ever gathering of the first congressional caucus on black men and boys. we highlighted the concerns facing black boys on this show recently, when i spoke to author and spiritual life coach, iyanla vanzant. we spoke about father lessons and the subject of her show, iyanla: fix my life, on the oprah winfrey network. what about our black girls and those who mother them. what about the struggles and public safety questions faced by young black women? the latest edition of "iyanla: fix my life" will premiere at 9:00 p.m. on own and focus on black mothers and daughters. here with me to discuss it and much, much more is the one and only iyanla van zandt, who beginning in september will be a columnist for "o"
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department on behalf of the undersecretary of defense. when we got to the pentagon and went through all the security, small-town filmmaker, small-town school teacher went inside this huge building, 17 miles of always i understand, and we had the most amazing revelation. chris's film "world peace and other 4th-grade achievements," a 56 minute documentary about a small-town school teacher in the blue ridge mountains of virginia playing that geopolitical simulation had been screened four times in the pentagon by policy and military people. we were stunned and they screamed it again with us there and turned to a sense that we want to talk to you about this world peace game. the game came out of an empty space, you didn't know how to start, there was nothing there, you created it and the game seems to be about no answers being present, the empty space of answers and we need more of that year. almost seemed like there was a piece swing in the pentagon. we had this two our sincere discussion with them about space, had been at war for ten years,
department on behalf of the undersecretary of defense. when we got to the pentagon and went through all the security, small-town filmmaker, small-town school teacher went inside this huge building, 17 miles of always i understand, and we had the most amazing revelation. chris's film "world peace and other 4th-grade achievements," a 56 minute documentary about a small-town school teacher in the blue ridge mountains of virginia playing that geopolitical simulation had been screened four...
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the defense will open its case on monday. jim armstrong has the story. >> reporter: the government ended its case on two powerful witnesses, one, what was known as massive money laundering and the other an irs agent who arrested him. he co--owned a bank account with his brother that was used to collect on big south boston debt long after whitey went on the run. after that jurors got to see everything pulled out of bulger's apartment turned hideout in santa monica california. more than $822,000 in cash hidden in walls alongside 30 pistols, rifles and other weapons. the witness testified he screamed and swore when arrested but eventually calmed down and told katherine to say, yes and, they're going get it. he used his real name joking quote, this is the first time i've signed this name in a long time. when agent gary hola asked if he would have ever used this arsenal to engage in a shoot-out with police, he said no because a stray bullet might hit someone. it was a powerful day of testimony and images but some are not confident
the defense will open its case on monday. jim armstrong has the story. >> reporter: the government ended its case on two powerful witnesses, one, what was known as massive money laundering and the other an irs agent who arrested him. he co--owned a bank account with his brother that was used to collect on big south boston debt long after whitey went on the run. after that jurors got to see everything pulled out of bulger's apartment turned hideout in santa monica california. more than...
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but that wasn't the factual pattern asserted by the defense here. it's true that stand your ground legally speaking didn't apply. and even the way the jurors talk about their verdict, it doesn't seem it really applied to them. the funny thing about it is they keep saying the law required us, the law required us. but that's nonsense. the law itself does not require you to do anything. the fact you find require you to do something. and then the facts apply to the law dictate the verdict. but if you had not already found, jurors had not already found that trayvon martin was the aggressor basically that. >> couldn't have come up with this verdict. so to me, it's their way of dancing around the fact that they determined that trayvon martin threw the first punch and got george zimmerman down, essentially buying the defense, hook, line and sinker. >> i wish somebody had said what you just said at the trial. maybe the prosecutor. maybe the judge. >> hear hear. >> marcia clark, lisa bloom, faith jenkins, thank you for your time tonight. >>> coming up, bill o
but that wasn't the factual pattern asserted by the defense here. it's true that stand your ground legally speaking didn't apply. and even the way the jurors talk about their verdict, it doesn't seem it really applied to them. the funny thing about it is they keep saying the law required us, the law required us. but that's nonsense. the law itself does not require you to do anything. the fact you find require you to do something. and then the facts apply to the law dictate the verdict. but if...
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young people to college when i was a student we had the national student defense loan when i graduated from university missouri i owed my father six hundred dollars and that was it. i didn't have to carry a debt with me like so many people do today college has become unaffordable for low wage workers and it's become unaffordable for increasing numbers of the middle class and it's it's bad for america for forget about the kids themselves it's bad for america not to be able to compete with our global competitors because we're not educating as as much as we can and we're not bringing people to their full potential isn't this a national disgrace that even you said you didn't graduate carrying debt but a lot of these young people are graduating and they're not and they're postponing having families they're postponing or buying houses which is the principal way that people build equity in the middle class throughout their lifetimes and as a consequence of that we've got a lost generation a trillion dollars for serious horrible i couldn't agree more i think the student loan debt crisis is abs
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that goes to self-defense. the message was always that he was doing his job in his capacity as a night watchman. he stayed on message. as a prosecutor, you are corroborating your evidence, and that is what the message you're sending to the jury. >> we have to break. i want you to stay with us. we are going to look at the case of marissa alexander in florida. we will speak with a protester who is walking with a group of people from jacksonville to stanford. she has met with marissa alexander a number of times and ran to her in jail. she is a woman that was sentenced to 20 years to prison -- she was prosecuted, rather, the same prosecutors as zimmerman. she did not get to stand her ground. she fired into a wall to warn her abusive husband to get away, who had abused her and other women in his life. she did not hurt him but was sentenced to 20 years in prison, which she is serving now. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn to the growing p
that goes to self-defense. the message was always that he was doing his job in his capacity as a night watchman. he stayed on message. as a prosecutor, you are corroborating your evidence, and that is what the message you're sending to the jury. >> we have to break. i want you to stay with us. we are going to look at the case of marissa alexander in florida. we will speak with a protester who is walking with a group of people from jacksonville to stanford. she has met with marissa...
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but that wasn't the factual pattern asserted by the defense here. it's true that stand your ground legally speaking didn't apply. and even the way the jurors talk about their verdict, it doesn't seem it really applied to them. the funny thing about it is they keep saying the law required us, the law required us. but that's nonsense. the law itself does not require you to do anything. the fact you find require you to do something. and then the facts apply to the law dictate the verdict. but if you had not already found, jurors had not already found that trayvon martin was the aggressor basically that. >> couldn't have come up with this verdict. so to me, it's their way of dancing around the fact that they determined that trayvon martin threw the first punch and got george zimmerman down, essentially buying the defense, hook, line and sinker. >> i wish somebody had said what you just said at the trial. maybe the prosecutor. maybe the judge. >> hear hear. >> marcia clark, lisa bloom, faith jenkins, thank you for your time tonight. >>> coming up, bill o
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it was about self-defense. she completely talked about intent as though that was an issue, which was a diversion from the real trial point. >> okay. here's a bit of what she went on to say. i'll pose this to you, john. she elaborates why they ultimately acquitted zimmerman. here's what she said. >> how did you go from, in nine hours, from feeling he was guilty of second-degree murder to not guilty? >> it was hard. a lot of us wanted to find something bad, something that we could connect to the law because all six of us -- well, let's not speak for all six of us. for myself, he's guilty. the evidence shows he's guilty. >> he's guilty of? >> killing trayvon martin. but we couldn't prove that intentionally he killed him. that's the way that the law was read to me. >> so john, i have keith here shaking his head. he says they're not interpreting the law correctly. there are those who would suggest that the prosecution did not present their case effectively. talk about that. where do you come down? >> i come down on
it was about self-defense. she completely talked about intent as though that was an issue, which was a diversion from the real trial point. >> okay. here's a bit of what she went on to say. i'll pose this to you, john. she elaborates why they ultimately acquitted zimmerman. here's what she said. >> how did you go from, in nine hours, from feeling he was guilty of second-degree murder to not guilty? >> it was hard. a lot of us wanted to find something bad, something that we...
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that's a tough argument the defense has. the state has a pretty strong case because these women would not be dead if he hadn't been acting with gross negligence. >> it is tragic as you say all the way around. we'll follow it and see if it goes all the way through. monica lindstrom, thank you. >> thank you. >>> a graying and humbled o.j. simpson says he is sorry for the crimes that put him in prison. perhaps for the rest of his life. here he was. appeared by video feed before nevada's parole board in support of his plea that he be granted parole for burglary, robbery and kidnapping convictions. simpson is serving a 33-year sentence and would still have to serve at least four years on two other charges, eve fn the board rules in his favor. describing his clean prison record, simpson said he is a mentor to other inmates. >> i think i -- on a daily basis i speak to more inmates than anybody. they tell me their stories. some of them tell me their crimes. as far as burglary, which i'm here for, robbery, i should say, they've told
that's a tough argument the defense has. the state has a pretty strong case because these women would not be dead if he hadn't been acting with gross negligence. >> it is tragic as you say all the way around. we'll follow it and see if it goes all the way through. monica lindstrom, thank you. >> thank you. >>> a graying and humbled o.j. simpson says he is sorry for the crimes that put him in prison. perhaps for the rest of his life. here he was. appeared by video feed...
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most providing for mutual defense. my team in iraq was composed of nine nations military and civilian. a late-night discussion are guantÁnamo -- would come up time to time and asked to abu ghraib off into some of our closest allies refuse to send this detainees because of guantÁnamo and we are losing intelligence opportunities every time this happens. releasing any individual guantÁnamo detainee does not change our national security posture. for this soldier the fear-based arguments to keep the extension facility open is hard to understand. if brought to the u.s. for prosecution and incarceration or medical treatment of detainees opposed -- pose no threat to national security. the 86 men who have been cleared for transfer should be transferred. we must find lawful dispositions for all law of war detainees as we have done in every conflict. further, guantÁnamo places our soldiers and nation at risk. not only because it puts -- makes america look hypocritical as we promote the rule of law but because it makes the det
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impossible how the lies would have been connected to him lying about self-defense. that is the big failure here. ultimately i think even the jurors are coming out now to say we feel that the justice system failed us. i think the subtext of what they are saying is we didn't really like being a part of this. we don't feel good about our verdict. we did what we swore we would do but we don't like it. we feel an injustice was done and we hope god rectifies him. >> that was something you heard from both jurors they do not like having to do what they did. thank you both for your time. this is something we could talk so much more before but unfortunately we are out of time. i should note that george zimmerman has sued nbc universal for dep deaf medication. the company has strongly denied his allegation. >>> the big question. we want your reaction after hearing b-29 juror's interview. tell us what you think. >>> from newtown to aurora to the streets of chicago, gun violence has become a tragic reality in this country. while congress looks for consensus how to tackle the pro
impossible how the lies would have been connected to him lying about self-defense. that is the big failure here. ultimately i think even the jurors are coming out now to say we feel that the justice system failed us. i think the subtext of what they are saying is we didn't really like being a part of this. we don't feel good about our verdict. we did what we swore we would do but we don't like it. we feel an injustice was done and we hope god rectifies him. >> that was something you heard...